2023-05-07 19:03:46
Residents of the US state of New Jersey were shocked when they found about 500 pounds of pasta near a local creek.
Last month, Nina Joknowitz, a former Oldbridge borough council candidate, posted a photo via Twitter her page A Facebook post showed a huge amount of spaghetti and macaroni dumped near a creek known as the “Iresick” in the town.
In her post, Joknowitz said the amount was estimated at about 500 pounds (about 227 kilograms).
The pictures sparked widespread comments, most of them sarcastic, while others criticized the disposal of huge quantities of food that could have been donated to the homeless, according to what was reported by the newspaper.Guardian” British.
In an interview with NPR radio, Joknowitz, an environmental activist, considered that the photo sheds light on the garbage collection crisis.
The noodles, which looked as if they were cooked, were not when they were thrown, according to the local official in the city of “Old Bridge”, Himanshu Shah, explaining that “it was the rain that made them look that way.”
Shah said in statements to the network, “CNN“The area was eventually cleared of noodles by public works employees who ended up filling about 15 large wagons.”
Some residents think they may have solved the mystery after discovering that the pile of noodles came from a nearby house that is currently for sale.
Report points to the network NBC A military retiree put his mother’s house up for sale after her death, and discovered a large stock of pasta in the house.
The network quoted Keith Rust, who lives next to the house, as saying, “I think he was just trying to vacate his parents’ house, who are believed to have stored this amount during the closures that occurred during the Corona pandemic.”
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